I'm a bit confused, reading through comments here, this seemed like some nefarious issue, reading the conversation thread in the op though it seems like an erro

I'm a bit confused, reading through comments here, this seemed like some nefarious issue, reading the conversation thread in the op though it seems like an error with the .nomedia file in the folder that's fixed by either appending a second dot to the front of the file name or removing the file. I'm still unclear whether this was some intentional issue or an error. The fix seems easy enough, if a bit opaque and non-obvious. That thread's also from September, does this issue still exist?